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Minutes after trading James Wisniewski to the Anaheim Ducks yesterday, Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen did not attempt to downplay the important role the defenseman and power-play stalwart had on his team.

Ohio State freshman Kelsey Mitchell leads the nation with 736 points this season.

Kelsey Mitchell lit up the Big Ten postseason awards show yesterday in the same way that she has scoreboards during her freshman season with Ohio State. Mitchell shared the conference player of the year award with Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. and was a unanimous choice as freshman of the year in both the coaches’ and media polls.

NHL trade deadline day is like a high-stakes poker game that uses high-priced sports celebrities as chips. Fans love it. Teams are torn apart or remade in a day as bodies fly hither and yon. Humanity can be lost on deadline day. Yesterday, it was not.

“What I have noticed is that the draft picks are behind the rest of the group. It’s normal. It’s expected." -- Crew coach Gregg Berhalter

Crew SC has signed draft picks Sergio Campbell, Sagi Lev-Ari and Kalen Ryden in advance of today’s Major League Soccer roster deadline. The signings put the Crew at 28 players under contract with Congo midfielder Cedrick Mabwati set to join the team this summer as the 29th. Rosters were capped at 30 players last year.

Indiana coach Tom Crean reacts to a call during the Hoosiers’ loss at Northwestern.

No. 1 Kentucky 74, Mississippi State 56: Kentucky fought off a slow start but still cruised to a Southeastern Conference victory over host Mississippi State last night to keep its undefeated season on track.

The Ohio State women’s basketball team has reached the final two games of the regular season with the chance to accomplish something that few thought possible in November: earning a double bye for the Big Ten tournament.

The Inglewood (Calif.) City Council unanimously approved a $2 billion stadium plan late Tuesday backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke that clears a path for the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area for the first time in two decades.

FIFA’s scheduling committee formally recommended yesterday what most had been expecting for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: moving the soccer tournament from the summer to the cooler months, between Thanksgiving and Christmas.